231. BUNGARUS. 365 
231. BUNGARUS. 
Pseudoboa, part., Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 281 (1801), 
Bungarus, Daud. Hist. Rept. v. p. 268 (1803); Schleg. Phys. Serp. 
ii. p. 456 (1837); Dum. §& Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 1265 (1854); 
Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 219 (1858) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 117 
(1863); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 842 (1864); Bouleng. Faun. 
Ind., Rept. p. 387 (1890). 
Pseudoboa, Oppel, Ordn. Rept. p. 68 (1811). 
Aspidoclonion, Wagler, Icon. Amph. (1828), and Syst. Amph. 
p- 192 (1830). 
Megeerophis, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (2) iv. 1849, p. 247; Giinth. 
Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 346. 
Xenurelaps, Giinth. 1. c. p. 845. 
Maxillary extending forwards as far as the palatine, with a pair 
of large grooved poison-fangs followed by one to four small feebly 
grooved teeth; mandibular teeth, anterior longest and faintly 
grooved. Head not or but slightly distinct from neck ; eye small, 
Fig. 26. 
Skull of Bungarus candidus. 
with round or vertically subelliptic pupil ; nostril between two 
nasals ; no loreal *. Scales smooth, oblique, without pits, in 13 to 
17 rows, vertebral row enlarged, hexagonal; ventrals rounded. 
Tail moderate or short; subcaudals single or in two rows. 
‘ South-eastern Asia. 
* Mr. W. L. Sclater records a specimen of B. bungaroides with a well-marked 
loreal shield on either side. 
